Harvest-sack



J. W. KEITH AND R. W. WILLIAMS HARVEST SACK.

APPLICATlON FILED JAN.16, 1920.

1,346,033. V Pat nt dluly 6,1920.

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JOHN W. KEITH AND RICHARD W. WILLIAMS, OF HORNIBEAK, TENNESSEE.

HARVEST SACK.

Application filed January 16, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JoI-IN IV. Kerri-r andRiel-mm) IV. l/VILLIAMS, citizens of the United States, residing atI'Iornbeak, in the county of ()bion and State of Tennessee, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Harvest-Sacks, of which thefollowing in a specification.

The object of our present joint invention is the provision of a sackdesigned to be used to advantage in the harvesting of crops of variouskinds, and embodying a construction which, without interfering with theconvenient use of the sack, is extremely strong and durable, and thiswithout rendering the sack unduly expensive.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1 is an elevation of our novel sack. Fig. 2 is an enlarged planview illustrating the mouth of the sack as open.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation, taken at right angles to Fig. 2, andshowing the mouth of the sack as secured in closed position.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

The body 1 of our novel sack may be and preferably is of the ordinarywell known construction, and is fabricated of duck or other appropriatetextile material. sack mouth 2 is formed by two flaps 3 which areeontinuations of the side walls 4 of the body 1, and preferably havetheir edges hemmed, as indicated by 5 and 6, respectively.

Arranged at the inner side of the side edge portions of the flaps 3 areleather straps 7 secured to the flaps through the medium of rivets 8.Each strap 7 extends from the transverse edge of one flap 3 to thetransverse edge of the other flap 3, and the end portions of each strapare carried out wardly beyond the said transverse flap edges, and arethen folded rearwardly and arranged against the outer sides of theflaps, as indicated by 10, so that each outer end portion 10 of eachstrap will receive the two outer rivets 8 of each series of rivets. The

' strap arrangement described affords bights Specification of LettersPatent.

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Patented July 6, 1920.

Serial No. 351,756.

are arranged the inner transverse bars of metallic loops l2. Manifestlyby virtue of the construction described, the metallic loops 12 arestrongly connected to the flaps 3, and through the said flaps to thebody 1.

At 13 is a shoulder strap to the end portions of which are connected,preferably in adjustable manner as shown, snap-hooks ll.

It will be readily understood that incidental to the filling of thesack, the loops 12 on one flap 3 are disconnected from the snap-hooks14, and hence the said flap will depend from the mouth portion of thesack and leave the mouth open for the convenient placing of substance inthe sack. There fore when it is desired to close the sack, it is simplynecessary to place the loops 12 on the flap referred to, in engagementwith the snap-hooks 1a, whereupon the closed sack may be convenientlycarried through the medium of the shoulder strap 13. We would also haveit understood that either of the flaps 3 may be connected alone to thesnaphooks 14 during the carrying and filling of the sack. In otherwords, the sack is reversible, and from this it follows that theusefulness of the same will be materially prolonged.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desireto secure byLetters-Patent, is:

A' harvest sack comprising a body and flaps between which is formed amouth; the said body and flaps being of textile material and the flapsconstituting continuations of the side walls of the body, leather strapsarranged against the inner sides of the flaps at the side edges thereofand each extending from the transverse edge of one flap to thetransverse edge of the other flap and each having a bight at itstransverse center and also having outer end portions and bights thatproject beyond the transverse edges of the flaps, rivets extendingthrough and connecting the flaps and the straps, other rivets extendingthrough and connecting the major portions of the straps to flaps and theouter end portions of the straps, metallic loops the inner end bars ofwhich are disposed in the said bights of the straps, and a shoulderstrap equipped with snap-hooks detachably engaged with the said metallicloops.

In testimony whereof we affix our signat es.

ur JOHN W. KEITH.

RICHARD W. WILLIAMS. v

